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Depending on the ink and the solvent used for the chromatography, the ink might also migrate and be separated into its components or smear over the paper. With the graphite of a pencil, this will not happen.

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This is because inks will dissolve in the solvent together with the dye. However, pencil leads do not

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Because many inks will run when they get wet and would obscure the results.

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